Diverse Places Flashcards
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What is Population structure
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- Composition of a population in terms of age, size, sex and marital status
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What is the Rural-Urban continuum
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- The unbroken transition from the sparsely populated or unpopulated rural laces to the intensely used urban places
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What is the difference between pop distribution and pop density
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- Distribution = The way the population is spread out over an area and compares pop to land size
- Density = Average number of people in a given area
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What is the term used to describe the changing distribution of population in England during the latter half of the 20th century and what were the causes
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- Redistribution of Population
- Causes = Elderly people moving to more rural places whilst younger people move to more urban places to look for work and economic opportunities
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Give 3 factors affecting population density
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- Economic opportunities = Much higher in areas with good economic opportunities
- Living Conditions = Higher in areas with a good quality of life
- Social Opportunities = Higher in areas with better opportunities for physical connections
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Limitations of population pyramids
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- Only take sex and size into account, does not have any influence from other demographics
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What is net migration
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- Average amount of people who migrate and where they migrate to in a given time
8
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2 differences of populations of inner cities to suburbs
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- Inner city much more tightly packed with people living in flats. Very vertical population
- Suburbs more spread out with houses. Horizontal population.
9
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2 Differences between populations of commuter and rural villages
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- Commuter = More younger working families as it is easy to commute to city
- Rural = Much older population as there are lots of retirement homes
10
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What is cultural diversity
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- The way cultures differ from each other in an area that houses multiple
11
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Reasons why ethnic diversity decreases along UK’s rural-urban continuum
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- Cities have more opportunities for cultural hubs to occur (Such as Chinatown) so more ethnic diversity in the city. Decreases as you go out as less opportunities and less people of ethnic diversity so not many people want to live in a community by themselves
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2 Pathways of cultural change
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- Culture develops its roots in the city then media responsible for its growth
- Certain ethnic group can concentrate in one area resulting growth of the culture in that area
13
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What is Diaspora
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- When people have migrated away from their original homeland
14
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What is the Pepys estate case study
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- 1600’s = Busy naval dockyard with lots of hustle and bustle —> Most important in England. –> Investments but risk of overcrowding
- 1800’s Dockyard closed as increased ship size meant they couldn’t build or launch there –> Less overcrowding but loss of investment
- WW2 = Heavily bombed - Economic depression
- 1950’s-60’s = Bulldoze large areas of slums and rebuild housing estates of public housing –>
Attract new demographic + Revitalise Pepys but costs money to rebuild - 1980’s = Vandalism + antisocial behaviour –> Police require + Doesn’t attract new residents
- 1990’s = Considerable investments poured into estate but did not improve problems or poor living conditions –> Money but no improvement to residents lives
- 2000’s = Hyde group bought the estate = regenerated blocks into high quality housing –> Better housing and quality of living but higher cost
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What is Assimilation
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- When a groups culture comes to resemble another (Usually the culture of the host country)
